Reeva Steenkamp was a “fighter”, her brother said yesterday, in his first
interview since her death.

Adam Steenkamp revealed that, like the boyfriend now accused of her murder,
the model also had to overcome adversity, in her case after a teenage riding
accident that left her family fearing she would never walk again.

“Reeva was down to earth, and always has been,” said Mr Steenkamp, a father of
two who works for the University of Cambridge, “but she was an achiever and
a fighter. That was her spirit.”